Viewing the firewall policy list
Firewall Policy
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Create New
Add a firewall policy. Select the down arrow beside
Create New
to add a firewall
policy or firewall policy section. A firewall policy section visually groups firewall
policies. For more information, see
“Configuring firewall policies” on page 323
.
Column Settings
Customize the table view. You can select the columns to hide or display and
specify the column displaying order in the table. For more information, see
“Using column settings to control the columns displayed” on page 58
and
“Web-based manager icons” on page 60
.
Section View
Select to display firewall policies organized by source and destination interfaces.
Note
: Section View is not available if any policy selects Any as the source or
destination interface.
Global View
Select to list all firewall policies in order according to a sequence number.
Filter icons
Edit the column filters to filter or sort the policy list according to the criteria you
specify. For more information, see
“Adding filters to web-based manager lists”
.
ID
The policy identifier. Policies are numbered in the order they are added to the
policy list.
From
The source interface of the policy. Global view only.
To
The destination interface of the policy. Global view only.
Source
The source address or address group to which the policy applies. For more
information, see
“Firewall Address” on page 345
Destination
The destination address or address group to which the policy applies. For more
information, see
“Firewall Address” on page 345
Schedule
The schedule that controls when the policy should be active. For more
information, see
“Firewall Schedule” on page 361
.
Service
The service to which the policy applies. For more information, see
Profile
The protection profile that is associated with the policy.
Action
The response to make when the policy matches a connection attempt.
Status
Select the checkbox to enable a policy or deselect it to disable a policy.
From
The source interface.
To
The destination interface.
VPN Tunnel
The VPN tunnel the VPN policy uses.
Authentication
The user authentication method the policy uses.
Comments
Comments entered when creating or editing the policy.
Log
A green check mark indicates traffic logging is enabled for the policy; a grey
cross mark indicates traffic logging is disabled for the policy.
Count
The FortiGate unit counts the number of packets and bytes that hit the firewall
policy.
For example, 5/50B means that five packets and 50 bytes in total have hit the
policy.
The counter is reset when the FortiGate unit is restarted or the policy is deleted
and re-configured.
Delete icon
Delete the policy from the list.
Edit icon
Edit the policy.
Insert Policy
Before icon
Add a new policy above the corresponding policy (the New Policy screen
appears).
Move To icon
Move the corresponding policy before or after another policy in the list. For more
information, see
“Moving a policy to a different position in the policy list” on
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